LaRoche playing catch

He's down in front of the dugout throwing with Stan Conte, still not really letting it go, but the ball looks like it has a little something on it. This guy is getting really close to being ready to go to extended spring, so I'm guessing that tentative plan to take him to Atlanta and then fly him to Vero (or Orlando or Melbourne or wherever) from there. ... Pirates had an early workout. Nothing else really going on so far. Doug Padilla covering the game tonight while I work on the off-day story so I don't have to actually do anything on the off-day except fly to Atlanta, but I'll be blogging throughout the evening tonight anyway.